Past Probability Seminars Spring 2020

Fall 2012

Thursdays in 901 Van Vleck Hall at 2:25 PM, unless otherwise noted. If you would like to receive announcements about upcoming seminars, please visit this page to sign up for the email list.

Past Seminars

Thursday, September 13, Sebastien Roch, UW-Madison

Title: Markov models on trees: Variants of the reconstruction problem

Abstract: I will consider the so-called `reconstruction problem': how accurately can one guess the state at the root of a Markov chain on a finite tree, given the states at the leaves? I will introduce variants of this problem that arise naturally in connection with applications in molecular evolution, and discuss recent results and open problems. Based on joint works with Andoni, Daskalakis, Hassidim, Mossel and Sly.

Thursday, September 20, Jun Yin, UW-Madison

Title: Some new results on random matrices.

Abstract: In this talk, we will introduce some new results on random matrices, especially the necessary and sufficient conditions for universality at the edge and a new result on the circular law.

Friday, October 5, Nicos Georgiou, University of Utah

Title: TBA

Abstract: TBA

Thursday, October 11, No seminar

because of the MIDWEST PROBABILITY COLLOQUIUM

Thursday, October 18, Jason Swanson, University of Central Florida

Title: TBA

Abstract: TBA

Thursday, October 25, Mihai Stoiciu, Williams College

Title: TBA

Abstract: TBA

Friday, November 2, Michael Damron, Princeton

Title: TBA

Abstract: TBA